when uploading information onto a platform, or when transferring information from one to another platform. Therefore it is important to secure the original content in such a way that prevents the loss of metadata. The Martus application is a helpful tool to secure the original metadata of information.190 Uploading electronic information to Martus before uploading it onto social media ensures both the aims of creating public awareness and securing the metadata for verification of potential evidence at a later stage The Dublin Core Metadata Standards is useful for storing information. In accordance with the Dublin Core style, producers or subsequent receivers of digital information record the following data: • Creator: full, family, given and nick names of any person, organization or service primarily responsible for making the content; • Contributor: full, family, given and nick names of any person, organization or service making a contribution to a resource; • Publisher: full, family, given and nick names of any person, organization or service responsible for making the resource available; • Title: name or names by which a resource will be recognized; • Date: description of dates in the lifecycle of the piece of digital information, such as Created, Available, Modified, Submitted and/or Accepted, as applicable. The Dublin Core prescribes the use of following format for recording dates: YYYY/MM/DD; • Language: any language of intellectual content of resource such as written or spoken words; • Type: refers to a description of the nature of the resource (such as whether it is a still image or a video); • Format: refers to the file format or the data storage medium of a resource, which is relevant in order to determine the equipment needed to display or operate the resource; • Extent: refers to the size or duration of the original resources; • Medium: refers to the specifications of the medium used to create the resources; • Subject: refers to the topic of a resource by means of key words; 190 https://www.martus.org/overview.html#infographic. 123